Broncos, Titans, Cowboys

Laine Clark
The immediate playing future of the Gold Coast Titans embroiled in the NRL cocaine scandal is still up in the air with club CEO Graham Annesley saying they are still waiting on key information about the charges.

Phil Lutton
Adam Blair stands convinced the past few years have made him a better man. Now he is determined to become a better player, one that even surpasses the damaging ballrunner that took the game by storm in Melbourne.

Brad Walter
Manly chief executive Joe Kelly has raised concerns about the NRL owning a club that is trying to lure away star Sea Eagles halfback Daly Cherry-Evans following revelations of a meeting last week between his management and NRL head of football Todd Greenberg.

Bris Lions, Gold Coast Suns

Matt Murnane
By just playing in Sunday's NAB Challenge game, Mitch Clark ticked off another step in his recovery from depression and, put simply, he performed exactly how you would expect him to considering this was just his fifth game of football in nearly three years.

AFL

Matt Murnane6:35 PM
Catching glimpses of Jesse Hogan's talent in pre-season matches only has tested Melbourne fans for two years, but coach Paul Roos thinks the gifted key forward will look back at the stalled start to his career as a "blessing in disguise".

Georgina Robinson12:05 AM
The Waratahs are bracing for a defiant performance from the Reds as the under-siege Queenslanders seek to topple the reigning Super Rugby champions in the same week their marquee signing appears in a Gold Coast court.

Nick Hoult
10:07 AM
There has been a lot of focus on "positive influences" and the right characters playing for England in recent times but, as the team come to terms with their World Cup predicament, there is a growing sense this bunch are too nice for their own good.